T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations

Display breaking news, trending posts, or custom text with this fast WordPress news ticker plugin. Grab attention using 4 scrolling animations.

v1.4.5RealwebcareUpdated Added 7k+ installs90% rating
65
Score
20
Errors
10
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security40
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability91

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

30 findings

Security

22

2 issue groups

Maintainability

7

5 issue groups

I18n

1

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$dropdown_args'.17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$dropdown_args'.

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$option".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$option".

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detectedLinking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "plugin_locale".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "plugin_locale".

WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped StringsTranslatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<span style="color:#E49024">Plugins</span>'1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<span style="color:#E49024">Plugins</span>'

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "T4B News Ticker - Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations" is different from the name declared in plugin header "T4B News Ticker".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "T4B News Ticker - Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations" is different from the name declared in plugin header "T4B News Ticker".

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.4.5

65

Latest

Findings
30
Errors
20
Warnings
10
Check
2.0.0

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